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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22
BOTTLES AND RAGS.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.

A 1IANhStlNIN Sipt1
Bottles had been dcc,aiminG from tho
top of q barrel which stood among other
merchandise upon the dock, when a slim
mite of girl came toward him from the
other side of the wharf. Bottles jumped
down from the barrel, and, with II stage
stride, approached the girl. They IRE a
Quaint pair; he II Catherer Of empty bot
ties, she n rag picker. If ever they had
names they are no" no longer spoken, tor
t,i." nre known among the quarters they
vst rs No,,es and Rags. They were
bo5tcH eJrs- waits.
Bottles Is one r1,.s r. ti'tcTs and Nit
FER, from cyovuig,, hat yo torn shoes,
tEraG N WI ~ il,b frost t,f'aN toes peep.
AM tie girl, if pnvlEi0g is lnU;e ragged
than he A. he gr' Sps hold OF the hand,
tlc :. ri uf the Lam wiIhin him speaks:
Poor little Rays. cold rs hunk OF
ice Where you ben? what you got, and
what you goin' to do with it, If you We
ben and got nuthiu' and can't DO any
thin, then come with yer father. He's
got ten cents, and ten cents ii buy plate
&C tried cakes, kid"
It WAS interesting to study the exprcc-
sion Of utter trust which came upon the
girls face while the boy is speaking. Her
father, That was only pet term lie was
wont to use, expressive Of his guardian
snip over her.
"Go'tlcs.' said the girl, aftcr short
pajta' what's tie most money you eve,
hcl IA al yer life.'
TO cuct, do you mean, Rags"
"lup"
"Wcll, let me see; !al-why! last
Christmas l had as much "a one seventy
dye''-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22

lyon poor thing Yer too poor fur mo TO
'sociate with, broke in the girl. as she
drew her ragged skirt away with mock
pride
~Sec here, Rags, you've alters ben
square with Yer father. You've got sun
thin on yer mind. ,Jist tell NE the hull
thing cr--Ill cat you off with ten ceuts,
not havin' the reg lar shiiiin'."
''Ieast your ewes ON HAT, said the girl,
holding out the hand which she had con-
ce.,ied behind ler.
The boy fell hack . step or two as he
gazed upon the article " hich She held.
Rag, haia I brought You up better
nor this You, You wNo ! picked out the
gutter! Oh, its shar"-r thar snakes
tail to have prlggin' darior."
but didn't pris the pu5s, quickly
exclaimed Rags
"Ah! spoken like me own dutitut child.
I say, Rags, is the yuss well heeled?'
Il hnin't looked; it's heavy, though,
nnl il jiEsios ! ONLY found it while go
over On lnGin wharf Iran al the way
10 tlnt Won"
Eo;tl>s took the purse in his hands. AS
r. ft.t the magic touch of i;5 contents
throuEh the sHken nlcshcS II drove all
ta4u;nt ~ cold or hunger away.
In the purse was more money than
either had ever before touched in it
WAS warmth aNd victr"le, though Bottles
gave TO thou"ht 70 either, SO 0V3rjoyed
was he in the possession Of the precious
money real COLA end silver, for he could
tel that by It's clinkin@
The two waits finally, cold AL tired,
reached the tyInhlc down structure III
South street, where they lodged. They
climbed up the rickcty stairway, passed
through the r&rrow, dark and il smelling
halls Uutil they reached the attic door,
upon which Bottles tapped softly.
i small circular disk in one Of the
',,r-" pgHcle Slid back, al! 4 thin, leak
'.I,, jas. : ~ pair Of red rinmel eyes
,::""ar"r ga ,.. opening, cs 4 sharp, raspy
>r'nN ,crrir.'t:
". e nua E.cs," responded the hoy
'?1c 52n. wGs C.ened ana tie pa.r passed
i..o TIE low, nlusty smelling room.
&c, 'nthing?' asked the rGspy voiced
fe,r"!e
'Nixy," returned tie boy. The rurse
in his pocket seemed determined TO Jingle.
This would have been II dire calamity; Tor
the old woman would have pounced upon
it like a hawk.
''And you:" asked the vop,ln, turning
toward Rags.
The girl held her hands ont, palms down
nad oT.n.
Triumph! rurty r1ir. TO tottleS, TO
rags; 80. nothiE'! Cant stay here to-
Might
.'Ch, yes, inar?rly--I forget. I've got
a thine. Can't you let us stay far that
broke IN Bottles.
"a dime! small 'nufT. well, a. me
tie money" said the woman.
Bottles laid the piece upon her ont.
stretched palm. She threw a bag hood
over her iron gray locks, aud taking n
noseless pitcher from tie window sill,
went out.
Good. She's gone fur beer. When
she drinks heer She sleeps and when she
sleeps. we counts til" contents Of this puss.
Rags, say, Sid, we'll have Il daisy time
Tomorrow. Dii ycrI know tomorrow
Vas the day FUR dom lg eatin'; It's q
rcg'la- h ,l'cr;iay. aad all Us rich coos
',a'.'t hAss - 10 no,hin' but injoy our
bcl> e-s"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22
AT BRUODER JACKSON'S.

Thanksgiving dinner,
and to keep the service in cur hearts what
we is minded of by this bountiful feast.
Now, my deah hearers. and likewise you,
chillun, we is each of us to 'spress our
se'f in turn, an say what we is thankful
for. For myself, beiu' the oldest, l kin
say that l am thankful for everything;
most pertklcreSt that is bout over that
rheumatics that botldcrs me so, and that
Mrs. Jackson keeps in good hclf and
plenty of waShin', and that my chillUn is
all Goin' to school and is a-growin' up nice
and ginteel. Now, Mrs. Jackson, it's your
turn
81 gives thanks to de Lord for all his
nussics; hut l would like to say that l
IS Very Glad that there amt no ornery,
low Gown, white trash what can beat me
ape. shin nor a-cno!lin'. nor in looks
when | gets my Sunday close on"
Mrs. Jackson" said the old man, re-
rrovingly, that amt in order, but low
ing that long as it's so. We amt no wise
to blame. Now, Cleopatra, let's hyar
! from you"
Law, paw, don't like TO say, but I is
| thankful all the same with n look at
! Mr.. Adonis Hawkins, who smiled back
| as if he had the same reason for giving
! special thanks.
"Now, Abraham Linken Jackson, tell
yer paw and all the company what you is
| the thankfuleSt for said the lcngn old
father in Israel to the youngest member
of the family, after all the rest had eX-
pressed themselves.
Il is thankful ct that there amt no
more of us, COS if day was dat dere tuklly
wouldn't GO 'round"'
"Ahem! Let us say grace"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22
Pride end Humility.

Once upon time two turkeys went to
roOst on Il tree.
~ am the flncet bird that flies" re-
marked ono. coulplaccntly, 'and nothing
is too good for me- SO he picked ont II
nice, soft, sErinIy limb almost Mt TIE top
of the tree and went conteutedly to sleep.
The other one had been brought up TO
consider notiesty Il great virtue, and
humbly remarked: Il I'm conte 1T 10 sleep
near our dear Mother Earth Pride Goeth
before fail, and who knows but that
storm may come and blow my ambitious
cumran Oh TO the ground, thus breaking
his vain neck
So he took n seat on tic lower limb
A storm did not come, hut the owner OF
the turkey ill, and the one on tie lower
limb was caught, aud on Thanksgiving
day was eaten.
Moral Danger comes as often from
below rs above.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22
A Thanksgiving Sentiment.

McMaster, the historian, when asked
for Thanksgiving sentiment wrote this:
Every man today eauns more money,
wears better clothes cats better food and
of more kinds lives in II more comfortable
home, knows more Of tho world, holds
broader views than lie C1lltd possibly have
done when the Nineteenth century came
in -
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22

The first Thanksgiving day recorded
was observed in I.eydcn, Ilollnnd, Get. D.
1913. because Of dclivcrance from siege.
Such 0hScryanccS were not unusual IN
Europe The first New England
Thanksgiving was held by order OF
Governor Bradford, ut Plymouth. in
iG21. that they might after q
more special manner rejoice together
There were Thanksgiving days in New
England from 1854, nearly e"cry year. ior
special purr osc-, and in the New Nether-
lands from 1874 During the revolution
the Observance Was general, but after thaS
WIS confined mostly to New England, III.
just before the civil war. Daring the VIZ
ii was nationally observed and is no"
general custom i'll nearly all the states.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22

IT'S lu1arhp pie in c2,-,y cpiinZ,
AMI Eoos2&c:ry IN J~a-;
AMI C3ris:27as ti,l." us rich miGce pie,
s:o.u!n~. ri,ht ami noon.
But the royal PC !er I thanksgiving
], pumpkin, Cnl 60 yellow
~, that's tn" Kind for me, il not
For any ether fellow.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22
A COUNTRY THANKSGIVING.

Harvest is home. The bins are full,
The barns are running Ger;
Both grains and fruits we've garnered in
Till we've no space for more.
We've worked and toiled through heat and cold,
To plant, to SOW, to reap;
And now for all this bounteous store
Let us Thanksgiving keep.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-22

PRAISE con, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS
FLOW;
PRAISE rii, ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE NM ABOVE, YE HEAVENLY HOST;
p,,i;r FATHER. son AND HOLY GnOsTi
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18

The New York Commercial Bulletin
/, Us in the apple regions of New York
the prospects of crop this season
are reported as poorer than for twen-
ty years. The best apple counties
Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Niagara and
Wyoming-promise scarcely 90 per
cent. of the average yield. Many
towns in this section which usually
ship large quantities will have few or
none for export this year. In New
England, although this is the apple
bearing year, and there's a large yield
Of fall fruit, reportsiIdicate but about
20 per cent. OF ths usual even-year
crop. Connecticut has but half a crop
and Massachusetts but so per cent. OF
q crop. A large crop is reported from
Nova Scotia. Pennsylvania has 80
per cent. Of a full apple crop, and there
is q good yield IN Ohio, but the
oatIook further vest is discopragins
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18
Care of Ewes.

/ For the care of the eyes the follow
ing rules are laid down by noted oc'
nlist:
Keep shade on your lamp or gas
burner.
, Avoid all sudden changes between
Tight and darkness.
Never begin toTead, write or sew Tor
several minutes after coming from
darkness to light.
Never read by twilight, moonlight,
or on cloudy days.
Never read or sew directly in front
OF the light, window or door.
Ii is best to let the light fail from
above, obliquely, over the left shout
der.
Never sleep so that, on first awak.
ening, the eyes shall open on the light
of window.
Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to dis
eliminate.
The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that mo-
ment stop using them.
II the eyelids are glued together on
waking up, do not iorcibly open them,
but apply saliva with the iinger-it is
the speediest dilutant in the world;
then wash your eyes and face in warm
. watsr.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18

Temple Emanu-El Commerce street, next
TO st. Mathews Cathedral, Rev. DIR. Chap
man, Rabbi. Hebrew classes Saturday and
Sunday mornings at . and 1880, Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, Friday evening services
vices at 1890.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18

German NJ. +. Church. corner of Live Oak
and Olive streets. Sunday school o'clock,
morning service 1880, evening service 100
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. D..
j. Kienle, pastor.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18
At the Largest Hotel.

'Ths other day, says q writer IN
the Philadelphia News, ] wandered
through the largest hotel in this coun.
try, III not in the world-the Grand
UniDn Hotel OF Saratoga. ] passed
from sub-cellar to cupola, from ice
vault TO flaming fires, through the
vast dining hall, its spacious BALL
room, the great parlors, the reception
and reading rooms, along the miles OF
balconies and piazzas, over the velvety
lawns to the attached otiages, and
in and outlof 100 sleeping apartments
OF which there are 1853 UNDER one
ro6f, and 100 more in q building
actoss the narrow side street.. Eight
cen hundred people have been fur
nished with sleeping accommodations
at one time and the average number
OF guests daily during August isl , 100.
Tile corridors are each 1000 feet long,
two -iifths OF mile The length OF
the dining room is $50 feet and its
width SO, giving ample room for l 900
diners and their Ethiopian attend
ants, who number $50. From July
- to September l there are $40 EN-.
ployes. For days together the butch
OF is paid $500 day and the grocer
half as much more. Think OF the out.
lay. The salaries OF over half q regi-
msnt OF laborers, from the high priced
man OF affairs, who oversees and di-
reefs all down to the humble scrubber
who, while we sleep makes hall and
balcony and step look spick and span;
the orchestra OF twenty and the lead.
er OF note; the Office staff; half hum
bred chambermaids and as many
scrubwomen; Il dozen porters and three
times as many bell boys; twelve
"boots" ana twelve watchmen; three
engineers and FIVE plumbers, furniture
men, ban tenders, gardeners and wait
ers. Then the bids for the dining
/ room, gas, insurance, interest on the
Tealty, repairs, wear and tear, reiur'
nishing occasionally, etc.
Know, now, that all this has to be
paid for in ten weeks go days., for it
is only for that period that the great
hotels in Saratoga remain open, and
three weeks Of that time are losing
weeks, for the expenses always exceed
the income during the early days and
the last days. | was permitted to
look at the ledgers OF this hotel, show
ing the gross figures OF outlay and in
come for the season of 1885. 1t was
known as one OF the dullest years in
The history OF Saratoga, owing to the
country's mourning for General
Grants sickness and death, and in
round numbers these are some OF the
items | saw:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18

{. A total of $4,000 for the gross
outlay, and the gross income was
1885, 900, so that $S3, 900 was the
difference between expenditure and re-
ceipts. TO show the actual profit,
however, the interest on capital must
be deducted from the last named
amount and thecaptal invested in the
property have been describing can
not be far short OF q million dollars.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-18

Gamma Delta Society, j. Il. Coulthurst
president, Miss Nettie Boles secretary, Rev.
w. b. Riggs instructor; meets every alter
nate Thursday at 1880 D. IN. in the lecture
roam of the Second N'esbyterian Church.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
Coca Culture.

Coca, shrub growing wild on the mountains of Peru and Bolivia, is coming into extensive cultivation on account of tho rapidly increasing demand for CO., caine, the principal alkaloid obtained from its leaves. The plant resembles the tca-plant, is cultivated in rows like Indian corp, and in two years at- tains it's full height of five or six feet, bearing leaves about two inches long, with white blossoms and rcd berries. The leaves are gathered several times q year, and the bushes produce for many years. The peculiar virtues of coca as nerve stimulant have long been known, not only to medical men, but to the Peruvian Indians and miners, who chew the leaves mixed with quick k-limc, much as tobacco is chewed, and who are thus enabled to resist fatigue to a remarkable degree. It was not until 1860, however, that the active princi- pie was isolated, while the great value of cocaine as a local anesthetic was accidentally discovered only some three years ago.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
How to Bear Burdens.

Mental burdens will be far more easily borne if they are placed, as much as practicable, out of sight. When we gaze upon them they increase in size. When in our thoughts we emphasize and dwell on them, they sometimes grow al- most unbearable It i' we'll enough to face trouble when it comes to us, to measure it and know its weight, that we may summon up courage and strength sufficient to endur, it; but, this done, let us place it where it may no longer be in constant sight-drag it to the light, to dwell upon its weight, and to claim sympathy for being obliged to bear it. When the emphasis of life is laid on the cheerful and attractive side, it's real bur dens will be borne lightly, happiness will abound and be diffuscd, and the value of life be multiplied ten-fold.- Baptist Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
The Most Famous Oysters,

Tho Blue Points are the most famous in the world They were first dis
 covered little over hundred years ago in Long Island waters. The bottom oi the Great South Bay, opposite Blue Point, was covered then with blue mud and up to the time the oysters were dis covered they were not supposed to exist in the muddy ground. The discovery was accidentally made by an oysterman.
 The shells of the oyster were deeE dark color, and the oyster itself was fat and luscious. It was not long after the discovery before the baymen focked to the grounds by hundreds, and it was not unusual for one man to take as high as 200 bushels in single day. At that time there was a ready market for them at 50 cents per bushel. The beds could not stand the drain upon them and were finally exhausted. The oysters now called Blue Points do not resemble the original any more than day does night,
 as they do not grow wild, but are culti- vated the same as field of wheat or corn. The oysters grown in the waters around Patchogue (which is one of the greatest oyster growing localities in this state), are shipped all over the world as Shrewsburys, East Rivers, Blue Points and almost every other name given an oyster. Over five hundred men are en- ployed in the oyster industry in and about Patchogue. The oysters are shipped by the barrel to Europe, are but little larger than a silver dollar, costing, ready for shipment, about $1 per barrel. They bring $5.5 and $7 per barrel iu the European markets. -[Brooklyn Citi
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
The CoylOneSe.

The Ceylonese, or Singhalese, as they are called, from the native name of their lovely island, are a mild and inof- fensive race of people. They have the reputation, indeed, of being rank cow ards, but this is rather the character of most Eastern folk. The men are tall, not badly made, and have slender limbs. The women are shorter, and are fond of finery, such as gay-colored dresses, bangles, and chains. They are partial to music and dancing, but their tom-tom, as they call their drum-like instrument, gives out Q dull and tiresome sound which soon gets monotonous; and their dancers arc not as rule so agile, grace ful, and clever as the Hindoo dancers of India.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
A Spanish Bull.Ring.

The bull-ring of Granada like most 1of those in the larger cities of Spain, is a vast amphitheatre, built of wood. and capable of seating perhaps 90, 900 per 'sops. By accident we came to this huge structure in the course of our meandcr ings, and we were conducted through it by. an attendant In the stables were num- ,ber of wrctched- looking stecds, aged and raw-boned as Don Quixote's "Rosiu- 'nate," yet considered good enough to be slain by doughty bulls for the amuse- ment of the gentle danes and spirited young dons of Granada. On tho stockadc surrounding tho area were great strcaks and blotches of blood, which had spurted 4 dyom the wounded animals in various comhts., At the same time that these were pointed out to us it was explained how, in the practice of tho noble art of bull-fyhting, a horse would often have his sides ripped open by an infuriated bull and the plucky steed would never theless go on sometimes with the fight, although his cntrails would trail upon the ground and dangle about his feet We were then conducted to the chambers where the matadores dressed themselves and where were kept the trappings for ornamcnting the horses, and the apparatus for provoking the bulls. Among the articles of the latter sort were long poles with sharp spikes in the end, masks, dummy horses and va rious other devices and instruments of torture, cunningly adapted to arouse the wrath of peaceably disposed bull and convert him into an infuriate cd demon. In one of tho rooms improvised as a chapel, there were crucifixcs and other pious paraphernalia by which the last offices of the church might, in case of sudden emergency, be administered to a mortally wounded bull-fighter, so that his gentle soul might not take its flight unshriven. There appeared to be no similar provision for the bulls and horses, they being only brutes and having no souls. American Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
"MuggiDg" Criminals.

In my business we learn to detect the foibles and weakness of men and wom en, says police photographer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat, but in the jail you would not expect to find any vanity in the matter of personal appearance. Nevertheless there are many prisoners who take pride in securing good neg ative. Ordinary prisoners never object to the process of ''mugging," because they arc too ignorant to understand the advantage of picture in the hands oI the police. High toned crooks from the East always object Sophia Lyons, the famous New York shopllfter, cried and raved like fury when brought be- fore me, but finding the detectives in exorable, she dried her eyes, primped her hair, adjusted her bonnet, daube a little powder on her checks and told mc to go ahead; that, if she couldn't helE it, she would have good portrait. Jane Cosley, another big shopliftcr, sal smiling as sweet as an angel, after hav ing made a desperate fight, clawing like catamount, and her face is one of the prettiest in my collection.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
Left His Address at Home.

An old farmer named Kent was O we'll known character some years ago in Mount Vernon and Vienna. He had many peculiarities and eccentricities which earned for him variety of nick names, at which, by the way, he never took any offence. In some way this old fellow had some claim to pension. He went down to Augusta to be examined by tho physician there for that purpose. He was found to have disabilities that warranted his obtaining pension, but he was very much excited at the length of the examination and the variety of questions put.to him. Finally he was asked his address. "Oh, yes, of course" :" he replied, ''you'll want my address, but bless me what did do with itT' After fumbling in all his pockets, he looked up helplessly and said, 'By gra- cious, must have left my address at home. ."-[ Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
A Happy Thought,

'I don't sec why your friend Miss Smith referred to my moustache as down. Maude," said young Sissy to his pretty cousin. ''There is nothing of the down about it; it quite bristles. have to shave twice week, assure you"
 'I know it bristles, Charley" re- turned the girl, knitting her brows, "al- though not very ficrcely, and I am as much perplexed as you are to understand why Clara should speak of it as down. Sudden happy thought.) Perhaps, Charley, it's because it grows on a- goose.-[ New York Sun.